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Thank you for thinking about me. I’ve been diabetic type 1 for almost 50 years and although I tried very very hard with the pump, there were way way too many issues with it. Maybe I’ve been diabetic too long and too set in my ways to change. I absolutely hated being attached to it, by the time I...

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I'm so looking forward to tomorrow and beginning my new journey, after nearly 50 years of injections - although it is a steep learning curve I'm determined to succeed x

Thank you! It's starting to make sense now. It was pretty full on information wise last time at the clinic but these replies have so helped me.

I thought I had replied .....goodness having one of those days! Thank you so much for your reply and yes, it makes sense what you said, and also makes my notes clearer! You are a life saver!

When you started with your pump - when was the last time you did your basal before starting on the pump? I’m starting a pump tomorrow and I’m confused by my notes as to when the last basal injection should be done! There was so much information the last training day (10 days ago now!) I’ve got...

Starting a new pump tomorrow (first time ever) morning at the hospital. This will be my second training morning - first one was ten days ago when we were taught basics and sent home with pump and all the accessories in order to get used to wearing it etc. Tomorrow we go “live” with insulin on...

I was given a freestyle libre today and have just applied it to my inner arm. I would be interested in any feedback from people who have been using it. I'm also on the waiting list for an insulin pump, which I was told this morning shouldn't be long. I've been a type 1 diabetic for 46 years, I...

New to the forum - although I have joined before a few years back. Can anybody direct me to weight loss posts. Diabetic Type 1 for 44 years, well controlled, no side effects or issues. I've put on stone and a half over three years and need, and want to lose by the end of August. Am very...

I was told by my very well informed DSN to use a 150 ml can of "real" coke, not diet coke obviously. This works extremely well for me without raising the blood sugar to horrible highs for hours afterwards, like Lucozade used to. But again what works for one diabetic, doesn't always work for...

I woke up with a 4.8 blood sugar this am, didn't feel like my little can of coke at that time of a morning so I had three glucose tablets, (another recommended treatment from New Deal course) and when I tested half an hour later it had risen to a respectable 7.8. My blood test meter is set to a...

No worries Becky, this forum can be very helpful indeed and it's nice to share stories too and experiences. Bolus is your quick acting insulin, for example I am on Novorapid insulin which is the bolus to be used whenever I eat a meal. And Basal is the long acting insulin, I am on Levemir split...